highborn

Example Sentences

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A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Targaryens often place dragon eggs in cribs with their highborn babies with the hope that their hatchlings will naturally bond with them, which doesn’t always happen.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

Ships, especially warships, were microcosms of society at large, filled with young boys and teenagers and old men, the uneducated and the highborn, all speaking a particular language.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

A wealthy commoner, he craves acceptance by those highborn and dedicates himself to learning their refined pastimes, like fencing and dancing the minuet.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2016

Come-into-my-castle was a game for highborn children, one meant to teach them courtesy, heraldry, and a thing or two about their lord father’s friends and foes.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin